South Charleston will see nearly 30 businesses move in the next year or so directly across from the Riverwalk Plaza off MacCorkle Avenue. South Charleston Mayor Frank Mullens said construction for Park Place is right on time. WCHS TV reported the next step involves 900,000 cubic yards of fill going into the pond sometime in … Read more
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department said this week that more than forty students have tested positive for COVID-19 at seven different schools, and that will bring about a new vaccination strategy. Health Officer, Dr. Sherri Young said teams will be sent to high schools to set up vaccination clinics. Most teachers have been vaccinated, but students … Read more
The cicadas are coming…This is the year for the seventeen-year cycle, and the panhandle is expected to be a buzz. The North American brood will cover parts of fifteen states, with the heaviest concentration in the eastern panhandle, Baltimore, and D.C.
Walmart will begin offering COVID-19 vaccinations this week in West Virginia. It’s part of a federal pharmacy partnership. Retired Major General James Hoyer says there is a significant percentage of the population that lives within ten-miles of a Walmart in West Virginia, and he says it will be a great addition to the vaccination program.
The West Virginia House passed its own version of a state income tax reduction bill. It would eliminate income tax, but does so through a series of 150-million-dollar budget cuts. The governor’s plan calls for an increase in sales tax to cover the cost.
West Virginia is now the seventh state in the county to offer an education savings account program. Governor Justice signed the Hope Scholarship bill, which gives students a 46-hundred dollar voucher to use for private school or homeschooling.
Purple martins are returning to West Virginia. The first birds were seen last week in Eleanor. Purple martins winter in the rainforests of Brazil, and make an up to seven-thousand-mile migration north in the eastern United States and Canada.
A man is under arrest for trying to steal a vehicle, and then getting into a fight with officers. He took off on foot, and officers used a stun gun to subdue him, and he continued to fight. Several officer were able to get him under control and he was taken into custody.
West Virginia has reached a grim mile stone. One year ago, yesterday, the state reported its first COVID-19 death. An 88-year-old woman from Marion County was the first person in the state to lose her life to the virus. Since then, more than 26-hundred people have died from COVID-19.
COVID-19 outbreaks are being reported at seven Kanawha County school. There are more than forty confirmed cases. Vaccination clinics are scheduled for high school students at ten different locations today.